The Prague Patriot. (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PATRIOT.
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Published Every Thursday In the Interest
of Prague and Vicinity.
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Wine Museum.
The wine merchants of Zurich have
decided to form a museum anil library
in which every phase of wine culture
will be represented. One special fea-
ture will be tKXTks and prints, and an-
other w ill consist of the utensils, an- j
rient and modern, used in the manu- j
facture of wine. The niHseum is t« |
be historical, artistic and scientific, j
Twilight Reflections.
Every morning we wake up with a j
hew chance of life. Be careful that!
with the passing hours of the new I
day you do not neglect, slight or de !
pise some opportunity. If at the close |
of the day you can say you have been j
strong, kind, merciful, helpful and
considerate of others, you may rest
content.—M. Stowe.
Retrospect.
brother whate'er the world hnth taught—
Howe'er dl\i-r?e our ft-el tiiHy roam-
Our love can center In one thought
j Which lends us It« our youthful home.
i An humble roof with honest hearts -
Contentment, graced with willing hands,
Mote bcauly to a home imparts
Than heritage of house or lands.
What though no art our windows *tain.
' Nor costly carpels spread the floor?
i Th'- lilacs peeped in through the pane—
I The grass grew green about the door.
No painting* graced our narrow hall
With mimic mountain, wood, or rill—
j The greatest Master of them all
j Had hung his work on ev'ry hill.
From boughi where robins build and sing.
I.Ike snow the apple blossoms fell;
The wild grape twined above the spring.
' The poplars shook above the well.
j The sparrow built his modest nest.
And aai g 110 song prescribed by rule:
; The ywallow smootliered his slaty crest,
! Or dipped it in the crystal pool.
I The little plot our mem'ries till.
Bright poppy'-bloom and saffron yields;
The wild ro.-e gems the craggy bill
And yarrow clothes the scanty lields.
Some sunny gleams pur hearts recall
That vandal time cannot decay;
Some shadows o'er our mem'ries fall
That sunlight ne'er can chase away.
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Crookedest Railway.
The crookedest railway in the!
world is one from Boswell to Fried- J
ens. Pa., the airline distance being
live miles. The road doubles itseif J
four times, and at one point, after;
making a loop of about five miles, the
road comes back to within 300 feet 0/
itself on a grade fifty feet lower.
Arsenic Eaters.
The practice of eating arsenic ia
tery prevalent among the peasantry'
of the mountainous districts of Aus- i
tria. Hungary and France. They de-'
clare that this poison enables them
to ascend with ease heights which [
they could only otherwise climb wilt 1
great distress to the chest.
German Wines.
According to the Moniteur Vinicole.!
Germany holds the eighth place in the j
list of wine-producing nations. It is
claimed, however, by wine connois-
seurs that German wines, as far as
flavor andi bouquet are concerned, arf
surpassed only by those of France.
Germans in Brazil.
About 5,000 of the 240,000 inhabi-
tants of Sao Paulo, Brazil, are Ger-1 annual report of the Department of
Labor shows a wonderful amount of
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
Premier Maura announces that the
strike of the persons employed by the
shipping interests at various Spanish
ports is at an end.
The coal operators of Wise county,
Virginia, have made a 12 per cent
reduction in the wages of miners. Five
thousand men are affected.
Chicago members of the Upholster-
ers' International Union have been
notified to stay away from Pittsburg,
where a strike of union carpet work-
ers is on. The members at Pittsburg
are striking against wage reductions.
The steel mills at Indiana Harbor
have been running steadily since the
settlement was made. The cut ac-
cepted by the men was 12% Per cent,
making their new scale the same as
that which was in vogue in 1897 and
1898.
The development of manufacturing
in the Western States is shown by the
fact that the center of manufacturing
in the whole country is now in Central
Ohio, near Mansfield. This is shown
by a new chart issued by the Depart-
ment of I.abor.
The gap between the workingman
and the professional man is being
bridged over by trade shoots, both in
America and Kurope. The seventeenth
mans. Unlike the Italians, who go
back to their naiive country 'after
earaing a competence, the Germans
make Brazil their permanent home
aad help to pay the taxes.
Rats Carry Typhoid.
Wiener affirms that typhoid bacilli
are liable to remain alive in rats for
a month after typhoid dejecta have
been eaten by the animals. By thei/
dejecta In turn they are liable to in-
fect articles of food and drinkiu/
water.
Most Expensive Perfume.
The wife of a Chicago millionaire
has had a scent distilled from some
variety of water lily that is said to be
worth $126 a drop. It takes thousand!
of blooms of water-lilies to make f
very small bottleful.
Submarine Reflector.
The hydroscope, invented by Pino,
of Genoa, is a long tube, with optical
instruments in one end, which, when
submerged, will reflect any submarine
object upon canvas aboard ship.
Says Uncle Eben.
"I has seen some men." said Uncle
Eben, "dat would lose any amount o'
sleep serenadin' a gal an' den refuse
to git up early enough to staht de fire
aftuh dey's married."
Seasoning Bank Note*.
It takes about twenty-five days to
print bank notes properly so that
they will be fully "seasoned" to gc
into the hands of the public.
Cuts Away French Coast.
The sea is saia to be gradually eat-
/ng away the French coast, having ic
the last five years swallowed up no
less than 460 acres.
Voice of Wisdom.
Prosperity is not without many fears
nd distates, and adversity is not with-
aut comforts and hopes.—Francis Ba-
ron.
Native Stock Is Not Sturdy.
Among the people of native stock
in Massachusetts there are each year
12,000 more deaths than births.
Oil from Whales.
The largest whales give as much
*6 twenty tons of ti,!.
progress in this line.
Two thousand men and women,
members of the Boxmakers' Union,
employed in sixteen factories of Chi-
cago, have made demands on the Chi-
cago Paper Box Manufacturers' asso-
ciation for wage increases ranging
from 10 to 40 per cent.
Striking Colorado miners of district
15 are considering the expediency of
withdrawing from the United Mine
Workers and Joining the Western Fed-
eration because of an order from In-
dianapolis that no more relief orders
will bo recognized unless they come
through Chris Evans, the national rep-
resentative.
Unions now involved in the strug-
gle against disruption that the manu-
facturers in the Fox River Valley are
waging are the blacksmiths, wood-
workers, painters, machinists, allied
metal mechanics, federal labor unions,
molders and lady garment workers.
A queer strike lately occurred in
Liberia, where the Kroo-boys. who do
the work of longshoremen, struck for
thirty cents a day. They were getting
twenty-four cents. The strike failed,
but it has taught the Kroo-boys the
principles of unionism for the first
time.
The Patternmakers' League of
North America has adopted the sub-
district idea, such as prevails in the
International Association of Machin-
ists. the United Mine Workers, and
some other organizations. The affairs
in each district will be governed by a
vice president.
Of the 1,437 labor unions, with a
| membership of 135,626, making re-
I turns to the American Federation of
Labor for December there were 1.1 per
cent out of employment. In the pre-
ceding month 1.119 unions, with a
membership of 65,922, reported 4.2
per cent out of employment.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Train-
men, the strongest of all railroad
labor organizations, paid out the sum
of $116,900 in death and disability
claims for the month of December,
1903. The total paid out since the
formation of the organization is $8.-
987,284.54. The brotherhood now has
a membership of 70,000.
An agreement has been signed by
the seventy-five building contractors
•nd master plumbers of Sioux City
to observe the "open shop" policy
tit«r March 1. It was stated by John
M. Shank, president of the Trades' as-
sembly, that thi3 will surely precipi-
tate a strike by all the building trades,
including about 2,000 men.
Employers throughout the entire
country are preparing to invade
Washington to fight against the anti-
Injunction bill of the American Fed-
eration of I^abor now before the judi-
ciary committee. Organized laTbor is
also marshaling its forces for the leg-
islative battle royal, and the outcome
will be watched with Interest.
Capt. C. A. Cook of Detroit, master
of one of the big lake freighters, said;
"There is a feeling among lake sea-
men that there may be trouble in the
spring. The vessel owners seem to be
preparing to make a cut of 10 or 20
per cent in the wages of the men and
the men are ijot willing to stand it.
No agreement has been signed yet."
The latest reports from Great Brit-
ain indicate that trade is not f^ood for
many classes of wage-workers. In
l^ancashire 50,000 textile workers are
either idle or employed on half time.
In Glasgow 4.000 unskilled workers
are idle, and Scotch steel workers
have had their wages reduced 5 per
cent. Belfast reports that 7,500 ship
builders and linen workers are out of
work.
The trainmen of the Santa ^ have
sent a grievance committee to Topeka
to confer with General Manager Mudge
regarding an increase in the wage
schedule, better hours and the like.
The success of the firemen at their
recent conference w ith Mr. Mudge has
encouraged the trainmen in the hope
that they may get something as a
result of the complaint they are now
making.
The internal fight which has beer
going on for some months within th<
ranks of the Brotherhood of Boiler-
makers and Iron Shipbuilders has
been settled through the friendly in-
tervention of Samuel Campers. Forty-
two local unions which seceded from
the parent organization and formed a
dual body have been reinstated. The
settlement was brought about at a
conference in Baltimore.
As a result of the new wage seal*
at the Joliet plcnt of the Illinois Stee'.
Company, put into effect in all de
partments, a number of the union
bricklayers have quit. The reduction
was from 55 cents an hour to 47Vi
cents an hour. It was also reported by
: the men that the company had asked
them to work ten hours instead of
' eight. This Is denied by the mill of-
ficials. who say the eight-hour day is
; still in force.
A great exodus of whites from
South Africa is inevitable, according
1 10 Lord Milner, unless the present
j labor situation changes. This is con-
veyed in a blue book on South Africa,
which contains a pessimistic dispatch
from Lord Milner. who is British high
commissioner in South Africa, to the
colonial office, dated Jan. 22, in which
he refers to the Transvaal legisla-
ture's approval of the introduction of
I Chinese labor.
The conference between the Balti-
; more and Ohio telegraphers and As-
sistant General Manager Haas in re-
! gard to an agreement which would in-
I crease the wages and lessen the hours
| of the telegraphers has ended without
a settlement having been reached.
The telegraphers have made a report
j to the chief ot the Brotherhood of
Telegraphers and the matter is now
In the hands of the grand officers of
the brotherhood
The 1,500 nonunion coal miners em-
ployed at the four mines of the Ells-
worth Coal Company at Ellsworth,
Pa., who were notified of a cut in
wages, have refused to work, and all
are now out. A branch of the United
Mineworkers of America was formed
1 and the officials of the organization
| claim a majority of the men have join-
ed. The Ellsworth Coal Company is
the second largest Independent con-
i cern in the district. It has always
been operated with nonunion men.
By an agri ement entered into gen-
eral managers of the St. l'aul (Minn.)
! lines bind themselves to refuse the
; pending requests for increases in
the wage scale. During the last year
machinists and shop boiler makers
have received two substantial in-
creases in the scale. The managers
assert that the lines cannot afford to
grant further advances. The agree-
ment is binding upon all the lines hav-
ing railway shops in the northwest and
affects several thousand employes.
A paper car wheel will run 300.000
miles before it wears out, and even
then a new tire will make it as good
as Rood ag ever. This distance is
equal to going twelve times around
the world. These car wheels are made
by pasting about 160 sheets of straw
paper together and pressing them in
a liydraulic press. When they are
| finished they are over five inches
thick and tougher than seasoned hick-
ory. The hub and the tire are made
of iron, forced ot by hydraulic pre*'.
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On!,"en Tex: He Maketh the Storm a
Still. -Psalm ICTiS'.
Introduction.—After the Sermon on '|
the Mount Jesus returned to Caper- J
naum, and soon after began his second j
tour of Galilee. Among the events .
that took place between Lessons IX. 1
and X. there were two distinct onward |
movements, or developments, of his
work.
First. Raising to life the widow's
son at Nain. This is the first record- j
ed1 miracle of Christ in which he j
raised the dead to life.
A day of teaching by the Sea of
Galilee at the close of his second tour
of the country, recorded in Matt. 12:
22-13:53, and in Luke S:4-21.
Second. The teaching by parables
beside the Sea of Galilee, with which
Jesus closed the labors of that great
day, marked a new epoch in the teach-
ing of Jesus. It grew out of the in-
creasing opposition and prejudice of
the leaders, who were ever ready to
distort and pervert everything he said.
Jesus, therefore, taught the truth in
parables which planted good seed in
their minds, which they could not eas-
ily destroy, and taught the disciples
many truths which they could not un-
derstand at the time, but the meaning
of which would be unfolded as time
and training went on.
A day of miracles by the sea (Matt.
9:18-34; Luke 8:22-66) followed the
busy day of teaching. (1) The still-
ing of the tempest. (2) The Gadarene
demoniac. (3) The raising of Jairus'
daughter. (4) The two blind men.
(5) The dumb demoniac. The first of
these is the subject of our lesson for
to-day.
I. Crossing the Sea.—Vs. 35, 36.
35. "And the same day" on which Je-
sus had spoken the eight parables by
the seaside, while sitting in the fish-
ing boat, probably owned by one of
his disciples, as is implied by what
follows. "When the even was come."
The first evening between three and
six o'clock.—Gould. "Let us pass"
(go) "over unto the other side."
Spoken to the twelve who are part of
them in, and part around, the boat, or
going in and out according to circum-
stances. The object seems to have
been to escape from the crowd, be-
cause Jesus was utterly wearied by
his long day's work with the multi-
tudes. His sleep during the storm
confirms this view.
36. "And when they had sent away"
(rather, as in the R. V., "leaving")
"the multitude," escaping from them
because they pressed .so eagerly about
him for more of his teaching. "They
took him even as he was in the ship"
(boat). That is, without any change
of clothing, or in the same boat In
which he had been teaching. "And
there were also with him other little
ships." This fact is added to show
that even seawards escape was diffi-
cult. Some of the people got into
boats to be nearer the speaker.—Prof.
Bruce in Expositor's Greek Test.
II. The Storm.—V. 37. "And there
arose a great storm of wind." The
Greek designates a furious storm, a
hurricane. Matthew uses seismos, "a
shaking," as an earthquake, such a
commotion of the marine elements as
corresponds to an earthquake. "And
the waves beat into the ship, so that
it was now full." Rather, as in the
R. V., "filling," was becoming full of
water, and likely to be swamped in
the middle of the lake.
III. Jesus Asleep in the Storm.—V.
38. "And he" (himself) "was in the
hinder part" (stern) "of the ship,
asleep on a pillow" (the cushion).
"The coarse leathern cushion at the
stern for the steersman."—M. R. Vin-
cent.
IV. The Disciples in Fear Awake
the Master.—V. 38. "And they awake
him." This shows that they had some
faith in him, although it was weaker
than it should have been. "Master,
carest thou not that we perish?" He
seemed to be indifferent; he took no
part in managing the vessel; he was
oblivious to their danger and their
struggles against the storm, but it was
the calmness of ^knowledge and
power.
V. Jesus Stills the Storm.—Vs. 39,
40. 39. "And he arose" (awoke) from
his sleep. "And rebuked the wind."
As a master rebukes his slave for dis-
obedience. "Peace." Be silent. "Be
still." Greek, "be muzzled," like an
ox. The same word that Christ used
lo the demon (Mark 1:25). "And tho
wind ceased." Greek, "grew weary,"
tired of its fruitless struggle. "And
there was a great calm." "No after-
swell such as is commonly seen for
hou^s after a storm."—Ellicott. "The
stopping of the wind might have been
thought an accidental coincidence, for
these sudden storms cease as suddenly
as they arise. But it always requires
time for the sea to subside."—Abbott.
Hence, the proof of the divine power
that dwelt in Jesua
LESSON TEN—MARCH 6.
Calm, So That the Waves Thereof Are
Note.—There need be no difficulty
about the miracle. Every man has by
his will some power over nature, not
by breaking its laws, but by using
them; and it would be strange if God
could not do with his infinite power
011 a large scale what man can do iu
his narrow sphere. To a person look-
ing upon these things from the out-
side there is nothing more incredible
in the one than the other.
40. "Why are ye so fearful? How
is it that ye have no faith?" Better,
as in R. V., ''have ye not yet faith?"
Have you not yet learned to trust me.
after all my teachings, and all the
miracles you have seen me do? Have
you not learned the lesson of trust
after so many lessons in my school?
They had some faith, but sadly need-
ed to pray, "Lord, increase our faith."
Jesus was doubtless looking forward
to the time, less than a year and a
half distant, when they would be ex-
posed to more terrible tempests and
darkness and a stormier sea, as the
storms of persecution fell upon them,
while he was In the hands of his ene-
mies, crucified, and afterwards unseen
in the heavens, as just now he had
been asleep in the tempest on Galilee.
It was high time that they had learned
the lesson of faith.
VI. The EfTect on Disciples and
Sailors.—V. 41. "And they" "and the
men" (Matthew), implying that there
were others than the disciples in the
boat "feared exceedingly" in the pres-
ence of such a stupendous power. It
was a new revelation to them of the
power of Jesus, far more awe-inspir-
ing than the curing of disease, or cast-
ing out demons. The disciples felt
conscious that hitherto they had
known little of the Lord. They knew
little yet. They had only got glimpses
into something within, that seemed to
be transcendent in glory and illimit-
able in resources.—Morison. "That
even the wind and the sea." These
mighty, wild, seemingly lawless ele-
ments, not given to obeying "Obey."
"Singular, the wind and sea thought
of separately."
The Heart of the Lesson.
This experience was Christ's School
of Faith, wherein he taught his dis-
ciplea the lesson of faith in him,
wrought into their very natures, and
thus prepared them for the greater
| moral tempests which were soon to as-
j sail them. Thus, too, our lives, our
j experiences, are a school ot Christ, in
I which we are to learn the same les-
I son of trust, clearer visions of God's
! goodness and power, and thus gain
! more and more of the heavenly char-
| acter. This miracle typifies:
1. The Church of Christ in a Storm.
! 1. "The boat is the church of Christ,
i and it sails across the ocean of the
j world's history to the 'other side' oi
j the life beyond the grave."—Ellicott.
| "Ours is a ship on a voyage, not a
j ship in a harbor; a ship in progress."
| — Macdonald.
2. The disciples are in this boat
toiling and laboring anxiously to take
the boat to the place where the Lord
commanded.
3. Their Lord Jesus Christ is in th€
boat with them. There is no true
church in which Jesus does not dwell.
4. The tempest represents the
storms of persecution, of opposition,
of worldliness, of false doctrine, anu
every opposing force which the great
enemy of good can excite against the
people of God.
5. Jesus sometimes seems asleep in
the storm. He lets the storm rage,
and does not at once interfere. The
delay seems long, and the faint-heart-
ed, looking at the waves rather than
at Jesus, sometimes lose courage. But
the object of the delay is to increase
our faith. "Those churches where the
Word of God is not awake, are in dan
ger of shipwreck; not that Christ
sleeps, but he is slumbering in us, ij>
reason of our sleep. But where faitb
watches, there is no fear of wreck
from the powers of this world."—Hil-
ary.
6. Our hope lies not in the absence
of danger, but in the presence of
Christ, who is able to control the
storm. No church with Christ iu it
can ba wrecked or lost. More of the
living Christ, more of his love, more
of his teaching, more faith in him,
more prayer to him, more of his Holy
Spirit, more of his holy life—these are
the salvation and hope of the church.
A ship in the soa is safe so long as
the sea ia not in the ship. The church
is safe in the world so long as (he
world is not in tho church."
III. The Nation In the Storm. So
long as our nation is Christian, so
long as Its aim the righteousness
of tho kingdom of heaven, so long
will our nation survive the storms of
tho future iih it has of the past.
i Ooodni'HH ig v,«orih more than goods.
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